Cartridge.



No. 865,978. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907. G. A. BAILEY.

CARTRIDGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1907 attozuu f,

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UNITED s rn rns PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAILEY, OF CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BESTAMMUNITION COMPANY, OF CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT.

CARTRIDGE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed May 24, 1907. $erial No. 375,433.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLEs A. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cromwell, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Cartridges, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in cartridges, and has particularreference to that class which are usually made up of a paper-tube,base-wad and metal cap, all

intimately connected together. In the use of cartridges of thisconstruction it is not an uncommon thing for the joint or connection ofthe parts to become weakened or loose by the explosion of the charge,and when this occurs considerable difficulty is experienced in ejectingthe parts of the empty shell from the gun, inasmuch as the paper-tube isliable to separate and remain in the barrel of the gun.

The primary object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a simple,effective and inexpensive means for reinforcing the connection of theparts of a papentube cartridge or paper shot-shell, so that the partswill be firmly held in intimate engagement, and so that such engagementwill not be affected by the explosion of the charge when the cartridgeis in use.

With this primary object in view my present invention consists inproviding a device which will engage the parts at the breech-end of thecartridge and strengthen their connection.

My invention further consists in the employment of a reticulated fabricwhich is interposed between the parts of the cartridge to more securelyconnect them together.

The following specification enters into a detail description of myinvention, and what I claim as new and desire to protect byLetters-Patent, is more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof:Figure 1 is asectional view of a cartridge embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a viewof a cartridge with parts broken away to illustrate the application ofthe reticulated fabric. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing a modification of theinvention.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the papertube, 2 the metal cap,3 the base-wad, and 4 the primer; these parts all being of the ordinaryconstruction and assembled and connected together by means of a press,as is usual, though in the present instance I prefer that the primer beembedded in the basewad so as to lie within and be covered by the headof the metal cap.

In carrying out my present invention I employ a reinforcing means whichis adapted to be used for the purpose of intimately connecting the papertube to the other parts of the cartridge, and in the present instancehave shown this reinforcing means as comprising a strip of wire-cloth,as 5, though as will be obvious a strip of perforated sheet-metal orother reticulated fabric may be substituted.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the wire-cloth 5 is interposed between thebase-wad 3 and the paper tube 1, extending around the body of thebase-wad and over the rear end thereof. In this application of thereinforce or connecting means the crossed strands of wire will becomeembedded in both the paper-tube and base-wad during the operation ofpressing the parts of the cartridge together, it being understood, ofcourse, that the wire-cloth is inserted between the paper-tube andbase-wad when the parts are assembled for the press.

When the wire-cloth is applied it will not only serve the function ofsecurely connecting these parts together, but will also stiffen thebreech of the can tridge and firmly hold the crimped end of thepapertube in the rim-flange of the metal-cap. In preparing thewire-cloth for application to the cartridge the same is first cupped upso as to fit within the papertube at the crimped end thereof and so asto receive the base-wad, that part which engages the rear end of thebase-wad being left with a central opening to re ceive the primer, whenthe latter is embedded in the base-wad as shown in Fig. 1.

Instead of disposing the wire-cloth between the base-wad and paper tubeI may in some instances dispose the same between the paper-tube andmetal cap, or at the outer side of said paper-tube, as illustrated inFig. 4 of the drawings. In this instance the wire cloth will becomeembedded in the paper-tube and will also engage the metal cap, and as itextends within the rim-flange or head 2 of the metal cap it willreinforce the crimped end 1 of the paper-tube at this point and therebystrengthen the connection.

As heretofore stated I may employ perforated sheet metal instead of thewire-cloth, but the latter is cheaper and more easily applied.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a paper-tube cartridge, thecombination with the paper-tube. baseqvad and metal-cap, of areticulated fabric for connecting the parts together.

2v In a paper-tube cartridge, the combination with the paper-tube,base-wad and metaLcap, of a reticulated fabric interposed between thebase-wad and paper-tube.

3-5. In a paper-tube cartridge, the combination with the paper-tube.base-wad and metal-cap, of a reticulated fabric interposed between thebase-wad and paper-tube and extending around the sides and over the endof the basewad.

4. In a paper-tube cartridge, the combination with the paper-tube,base-wad and metalcap, of a strip of wirecloth interposed between thebase-wad and paper tube.

In a paper-tube cartridge, the combination with the paper-tube, basewzuland metal cap, of a strip of wire cloth interposed between two of theparts of the cartridge.

6. In a paper tube cartridge, the combination with the paper-tube 1,metal-cap 2, base-wad 3, and primer at, the latter being embedded in thebase-wad and the paper-tube crimped at its inner end, 01' a strip ofWire-010th interposed between the basc-wnd and criiuped end of the papertube, substantially as shown and described.

1. In a paper-tube cartridge, the combination with the paper-tube,basewvad and metal cap, the latter having a rim-flange, of a strip ofwire-c10tl1 interposed between two of the parts of the cartridge andextending into the rimflange of the metal cap.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. A. BAILEY.

Witnesses ARTHUR BOARDMAN, MAUDE E. BAILEY.

